Parents must be careful not to be too supportive of children - as adults, they may not be able to be independent

Q I am 63 years old and the father of two grown-up children. My daughter is
married with a four-year-old son and lives near us.

My son is 34 and lives with us. He completed an MBA eight years ago and I
asked him to apply for a chartered accountancy trainee job, which he did and
got a training contract. But he didn’t want to do this and wanted to work
for an investment bank or hedge fund. He was unable to get a job in a bank
and has not worked since university.